Ryan Saavedra

@RyanSaavedra

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on the impact of social media:

“It’s the liberal girls who really rise first and fastest on depression….

Everyone is worse off, but being conservative seems to root you. You’re not as easily pushed into this crazy world. Being in a religious family seems to root you and [conservatism and religion] seem to be protective”

He says: "Liberals girls spend a lot more time than conservative girls [on social media].… The feeds of the liberal girls gets much more taken over by how terrible the world is."

"Liberal girls are caught in a set of disempowering ideas. Here’s 3 terrible, terrible ideas, and if you believe them, you’re almost guaranteed to be a failure in life"

The 3 terrible ideas are:

1. What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker

2. Always trust your feelings

3. And life is a battle between good people and evil people

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